Hay-press.



No. 634,544. Patented Oct. I0; 1899. E. J. SHlBL-EY.

HAY PRESS.

(Appliesthan filed Apr. 4, 1898.)

80 Model.)

fissmsaea v g w Y UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

ELMER J. SHIRLEY, OF EL MODENA, CALIFORNIA. Y

HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'634,544=, dated October10, 1899.

Application filed April 4,1898. Serial. No. 676,459. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELMER J. SHIRLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at E1 M0- dena, in the county, of Orange and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hay-Balers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to condensers and feeders for hay-balers, and isapplicable to any baler.-

In thedrawings I have illustrated my invention as applied for thedouble-acting hay,- baler described, in Letters Patent of the UnitedStates No. 593,383, issued to me November 9, 1897, and in which aplunger moves to and fro underneath the feed-opening and operates toforce the alternate wads or charges in opposite directions to formduplicate bales.

My present invention comprises the combination of a baling-press frame,a plunger playing therein, a lever pivoted to the frame and provided onone arm with a condenserhead to play toward and from the feed-opening,and means operatively connecting the plunger with the lever to move thecondenserhead toward and from said opening. Preferably twooppositely-movingcondenser-heads are employed, being mounted on levers,respectively, and arranged to play toward and from each other in thecondensing-hopper and on opposite sides of the feed-opening, twov guidesbeing fastened to the plunger to move therewith and two travelers, oneon each of said levers and respectively engaging the said guides to beoperated thereby to'throw the heads in and out when the plunger is movedto and fro, the said levers being respectively pivoted to the frame onopposite sides thereof and at the lower ends of the leots of the arm, afeeder-armope'rating lever baler embodying my invention. areshowninposition' with the feeder raised and the condenser-heads thrownout to admit denser-head is operated the feeder-arm will be operated.

Various modes of connecting thev feederarm to be operated with relationto the movements of the condenser-head may be devised without departingfrom the spirit of my invention, and in the drawings I have shown .themeans'which I regard as most desirable for the purpose, and in this formthe guide which is connected with the plunger to move therewith isprovided with a bent slotthat is to say, a crooked guideway-having astraight portion in the middle and an oblique portion at each'end of thestraight portion and a short straight portion at the ends of the slot,and in this slot a traveler runs, the

same being fastened to and practically form ing one end of thecondenser-head lever.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. V

Figure 1 is a fragmental side view of a hay- The parts a charge of hay.Dotted lines indicate the position of the parts when the feeder is atits lowest point and the condenser-heads thrown to their inmostposition. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same with the feeder down and thecondenser-heads thrown in. Parts are broken away to showworking partsthat would otherwise be hidden. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3,Fig. 2,10oking toward the feeder which is shown up. Parts are brokenaway to expose parts that would otherwise be hidden. Fig. 4 is afragmental view illustrating the construction of the folder. Fig. 5 isan end view of the folder. 7 Y

A indicates the baling-frame, provided with a condenser-hopper 13 withparallel sides 1'; 1) extending across the frame at the sides of thefeed-opening a.

O 0 indicate two levers pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof,respectively,

and respectively provided at their upper ends with condenser-heads c 0,arranged to play toward and from each otherin the hopper on oppositesides of the feed-opening to condense the charges of hay which areplaced in the hopper. Preferably the pathof the condenser-heads willextend to a point a little beyond the sides of the feed-opening a.

D indicates the plunger, having the plunger-head d, which works in thebalingchamher in the ordinary manner.

E E indicate two guides fastened to the plunger and moving therewith.

c 0 indicate two travelers, one on each of said levers O O andrespectively engaging the guides E E to be operated thereby to operatethe said levers to throw the heads in and out when the plunger is movedto and fro. Preferably the levers O O are pivoted to the frame at thelower ends of said levers by pivots c, the upper arm of the lever beingconsiderably longer than the lower arm, so that comparatively'a smalllateral movement of the travelers will produce a considerable movementof the condenser'heads.

e 6 indicate slots in the guides E E, respectively, and the travelersplay in said slots. Each guide-slot is crooked, so that it has astraight middle portion 1 parallel with the path of the plunger and atthe ends of said parallel portion oblique portions 2 2, each about equalin length to the length of the straight portion 1 and at the ends of thesaid oblique portions of the slot short portions 3 3 in a line parallelwith the middle portion 1.0f the slot. Then the plunger moves, theguides are carried therewith, and at the middle portion of its movementwhen the plunger-head is passing the feed-opening there will not be anymovement of the condenserheads; but when the plunger-head has fully ornearly passed the feed-opening the oblique walls of the slot will engagethe traveler, thus throwing it outward and throwing the con denser-headsinward to the desired position to condense the charge of hay or othermaterial to be baled, and at the final movement of the plunger-head thecondenser-heads will remain stationary for a short portion of thebeginning of the return stroke, and then when the oblique walls of theslots again engage the traveler the condenser-heads will be.

thrown out, thus to allow a charge of hay or other material to be baledto be placed in the hopper, and the heads will remain out until theplunger-headhas again wholly or pararm F by a pivot g and arranged toplay into and out of the feed-opening.

I-I indicates a connecting-rod pivoted to the frame and the feeder.eccentric to the pivots of the arm, preferably being pivoted to theframe and to said feeder, respectively, above the pivots which carry thefeeder-arm F and -11 and having one end in engagement with the guideJ,"which is carried by the lever O, and is thereby operatively connectedwith the plunger to be operated by said plunger. K is a connecting-rodconnecting said lever with the feeder-arm-operatin g lever H. The guideJ is provided with a bent slot j, and the lover I, which is pivoted tothe frame by the pivot i, is provided with a traveler d, which runs insaid slot. A portion of the slot runs transverse the path of thecondenser-head lever C and another portion of the slot runs at rightangles thereto and practically parallel with the path of thecondenser-head lever. The guide J is in an are drawn from the pivot c"of the condenser-head lever. As the lever O swings to and fro thetraveler z" will be moved to operate its lever to operate theconnectingrod K to thereby operate the feeder-arm-operatinglever 11'through a portion only of the movement of the condenser-head. When thetraveler turns into the transverse portion of the slot j, the feeder-armis thereby operated during the latter portion of the inward movement andthe first portion of the outward movementof the condenser-head. The slotj is arranged so that the feeder-arm will be thrown up clear out of thefeed-hopper when the condenser-heads are only partially thrown out, sothat the feeder'arm will be out of the way to allow-a charge of hay tobe fed into the hopper, and it will be again inserted into thefeed-hopper and forced down into the feedchamber before thecondenser-heads have fully condensed the wad, the purpose being to carrythe hay down in an even wad to extend from top to bottom of thefeed-chamber. The feeder-arm pushes down in the uncondensed hay andcarries the hay down while the condenser-heads are closing their stroke,so that the final operations of condensing and forcing the wad into thechamber are performed simultaneously and the charge or wad of hay ispractically of the same density from top to bottom of the feed-chamber.The feeder-board is preferably forked, as shown, so as to carry the haydown propcrl y.

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M indicates a folder comprising a shaft m, journaled to the frame A andprovided with a crank-arm 'm and with a folder-blade'N,

fixed to such shaft and extending into the path of the bale charge.

indicates a stop in the path of the crankarm, and P a spring toyieldingly hold the crank-arm against the stop with the blade in thepath of the bale charge. A folder is applied at each end of thefeed-chamber, so that when the plunger moves in either direction thefolder will properly fold the charge.

The folder is arranged to be readily removed and replaced, and for thispurpose the folder-shaft is preferably split with a slit 'm and thefolder-blade N is arranged in said slit and with a bent edge n to reston the top of said shaft, and suitable means are provided for holdingthe blade in the slit. Preferably the blade is provided with twoshoulders, a shoulder n at one end of the blade extending beneath theunsplit portion 'm' of the shaft and a shoulder 41. at the other end ofthe blade to fit under a sleeve Q, through which the shaft is inserted,so that the blade is held in the shaft by the shoulders.

In practice the opposite sides of the machine are duplicates, so thatboth of the levers G C operate to actuate the feeder-arm and bothcondenser-heads move at the same time to condense the charge. \Vhen thecondenser-heads have partly condensed the charge, the feeder-arm isoperated, and by the time the condensers have completedtheir inwardmovement the feeder-arm has comand the condenser-heads fully thrownopen.

- Then another charge is placed in the hopper and the operation justdescribed is again repeated.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a baling'fraine provided with a condenser-hopper;two levers pivoted to the frame on opposite sides thereof andrespectively provided at their upper ends with condenser-heads arrangedto play toward and from each other in the hopper on oppo site sides ofthe feed-opening; a plunger;

two guides fastened to the plunger; two travelers, one on each of saidlevers and respectively engaging the guides to be operated thereby tothrow the heads in and out when the plunger is moved to and fro; afeedercarrying arm pivoted to the frame; a feeder pivoted to the upperend of. said feeder-carrying arm and arranged to play into and out ofthe feed-opening; a connecting-rod connecting the frame and the feeder,eccentric of the pivots of the arm; the feeder-carryingarm-operatin glever pivoted to the frame and slidingly connected with thefeeder-carrying arm to slide therealong; a guide fastened to one of thecondenser-levers; a lever pivoted to the frame and having one end inengagement with said guide to be operated thereby;

and a connecting-rod connecting said lever with saidfeeder-arm-operating lever.

2. The combination of a baling-frame; a

plunger playing therein; a lever pivoted to the frame and provided onone arm with a condenser-head to play toward and from the feed-opening;a slotted guide connected with the-plunger to move therewith the slotthereof having a straight central portion, a straight portion at eachend, and an oblique portion connecting each end portion with the centralportion; and a traveler on the lever and extending into the slot to beoperated thereby.

3. The combination of a baling-frame; the feeder-carrying arm pivoted tothe frame; the feeder pivoted to the upper end of said feedercarryingarm and arranged to play into and out of the feed-opening; aconnecting-rod pivoted to the frame and to the feeder, eccentric thepivot of the arm; the feeder-carryingarm-operating lever pivoted to theframe and slidingly connected with the feeder-carrying arm to slidetherealong; a guide operatively connected with the plunger to beoperated thereby; a lever pivoted to the frame and having one end inengagement with said guide arm; a plunger working in said frame; and

means operatively connecting the plunger.

with said lever to operate the same.

'5. The combination of a baling-frame; a plunger working in the frame; alever pivoted to the frame and provided with a condenser-head thereonand also provided with a traveler; and a guide connected with theplunger to move therewith and provided with a slot in which the travelerruns, one portion of which slot is at right angles to the other portion.

6. The combination with a baling-frame; of a split shaft journaled tothe frame and having a crank-arm at its end; a folder-blade in saidsplit and with a bent edge to rest on said shaft; means for holding theblade in the split; a stop for the arm; and a spring to yieldingly holdthe crank-arm against the stop with the blade in the path of thebalecharge.

7. The combination witha baling-frame, of a split shaft with crank-armand the folderblade inserted in the split and with bent edge resting onthe shaft'and a shoulder at one end of the blade extending beneath theunsplit portion of the shaft andmeans for h0lding the other end of theblade in the shaft.

8. The combination of at baling-frame; the condenser-head pivoted to theframe; a guide fastened to the plunger and provided With a slot; a leverpivoted to the frame and provided with a, traveler arranged in saidslot; rt feeder-carrying arm; the feeder-carryingarm-operating leverpivoted to the frame and operatively connected with the feeder-oarry- 1oingm-in; and a connecting-rod connecting said lever with thetraveler-carrying lever. ELMER J. SHIRLEY. Witnesses:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, F. M. TOWNSEND.

